KUALA LUMPUR: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is open to having a database for those whose presence here it had sanctioned, that is accessible to the authorities who have been calling for one to be set up. In a statement, the Malaysian chapter of the UN body said it shared Kuala Lumpur’s concern about the use [...]

Reviewing the year, 2015 as it draws to a close, Malaysia’™s permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) has described it as an ‘eventful year’ for Malaysia which enters 2016 as the second year of its non-permanent membership in the UN Security Council(UNSC). ‘There were many crises in the world with which we had to grapple…from [...]

Malaysia hosts international conference on human security 415 words 14 June 2006 10:15 BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific BBCAPP English (c) 2006 The British Broadcasting Corporation. All Rights Reserved. No material may be reproduced except with the express permission of The British Broadcasting Corporation. Text of report in English by Malaysian website Malaysiakini on [...]

An exercise in compromise By Syed Hamid Albar 1045 words 22 October 2005 New Straits Times NSTRAT 30 English (c) 2005 New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad. I HAVE always looked forward to the annual United Nations General Assembly, which is usually held in September in New York. This year the meeting was special [...]

The UN Summit: A glass at least half full Kofi A. Annan , Geneva 1031 words 23 September 2005 The Jakarta Post JKPOST 7 English (c) 2005 The Jakarta Post The “outcome document” adopted last Friday, at the end of the United Nations world summit, has been described as “disappointing” or “watered down”. [...]

United in disapproval 486 words 19 September 2005 New Straits Times NSTRAT 18 English (c) 2005 New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad. APART from the five-star quantities of food and drink, the largest gathering of world leaders ever in New York last week was never going to live up to its billing. If [...]